Not since Somerset High School in 1994 has a program swept the boys and girls state golf team championships in the same season, but Lexington Christian has a solid shot to accomplish the feat this weekend.

Lexington Christian returned four of its five golfers from last season’s team.

“There are probably four or five teams that have a legitimate shot, and Lexington Christian is obviously one of them,” St. Xavier coach Davis Boland said.

The tournament will tee off at 8 a.m. EDT Friday at Bowling Green Country Club. The top 12 teams and the top 20 individuals not on one of the top 12 teams will advance to Saturday’s final round, also set for 8 a.m.

Among Lexington Christian’s four returning players from last year are defending individual state champion Jansen Preston, who is a junior. Senior Jackson LaLonde, junior Alexander Bassel and eighth-grader Cayden Pope also are back.

St. X, which won three straight titles from 2014-16, was the runner-up to Lexington Christian last year and returned three players in senior Andrew Sullivan (Samford commit) and juniors Drew Doyle (LSU commit) and Campbell Kremer (Kentucky commit).

Newcomers Robbie Bender and Benton Williams, both juniors, round out the Tigers squad.

“I knew what I had in Kremer and Doyle and Sullivan and knew those three were pretty locked in,” Boland said. “There were probably seven guys in contention for the other two spots … and we didn’t really know until two weeks ago who our fifth guy would be. It’s worked itself out well.”

Boland said his team is confident, especially after winning the Bowling Green Invitational on Sept. 8 at Bowling Green Country Club with a 2-under-par round of 286. Boland said Ballard and Taylor County are other top contenders for the team title.

Ballard was the runner-up – 3 shots behind St. Xavier – in last week’s Region Six Tournament at Nevel Meade. Ballard junior Jack Thomas tied for regional runner-up honors and is joined by seniors Miles Parroco, Zach Frantz and Coleton Burch and junior Parker Smith.